The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players.
Marco Estrada (Glendale Community College, 2003) Toronto Blue Jays pitcher: The former All-Western State Conference selection with Glendale college made the most of his latest start for...

An already thrilling week was accompanied by a little more excitement for former St. Francis High standout David Olmedo-Barrera.
On the third and final day of the Major League Baseball First-Year draft, the current Cal State Fullerton junior was...

The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players.
Marco Estrada (Glendale Community College, 2003) Toronto Blue Jays pitcher: Estrada might have turned things around following his most recent appearance Tuesday against the Washington...

The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players.
Christian Bergman (St. Francis High, 2006) Colorado Rockies pitcher: Though he didn’t factor into the decision in his latest outing against the host San Francisco Giants on Tuesday,...

Major League Baseball pitcher Brandon McCarthy has a new home – about 10 miles from his first-ever home.
The Los Angeles Dodgers officially announced the signing of the Glendale-born pitcher Tuesday morning to a four-year contract valued at $48 million dollars.
“I grew up 10 miles from the stadium,” McCarthy said on a conference call with reporters Tuesday afternoon. “The Dodgers were what I knew. The Dodgers were the people I looked up to as a kid. My whole family knows the...

The following are updates on local baseball players at the minor league level.
Kelson Brown (La Cañada High, 2006) Altoona Curve infielder: Brown wrapped up his fifth season in the minor leagues with his third team and the same Altoona squad he’s been a part of for three years now.
Brown posted a career-high .295 average but did it in a career-low 51 games.
For the season with the Curve, the double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brown, a second baseman, played in 51 games, as Altoona went...

Glendale has the distinction of being the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, the birthplace of Baskin Robbins, home of the historic Alex Theatre and where the first scheduled transcontinental passenger service was flown out by Charles Lindbergh, but, as anyone who has typed “Glendale” in their Google search box knows, it is just one of many across the U.S.
For a writer looking to find story ideas, this can be incredibly frustrating. Stumbling upon an amazing event or personality in...

Looking to shore up their severely depleted starting pitching staff, the New York Yankees acquired Glendale native Brandon McCarthy from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday in exchange for pitcher Vidal Nuno.
McCarthy, who turned 31 on Monday, could make his debut with New York as early as Wednesday against the host Cleveland Indians.
"It's something I'm really excited about," McCarthy told the Associated Press. "It's still the Yankees, no matter what. If you don't know baseball, you know the Yankees....

In the aftermath of a senior season at USC that saw Kevin Swick turn in a stellar campaign on the diamond and in the classroom en route to becoming a Capitol One Academic All-American, the La Cañada Flintridge product was bestowed the opportunity to take his baseball career to the next level.
Swick, who went to Loyola High before becoming a Trojan, was drafted in the 22nd round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Saturday by the Chicago White Sox with the 648th pick.
“It&...

Whether it was starting in the NCAA World Series as a freshman or his ascent through the minor leagues, St. Francis High graduate Christian Bergman has been on the rise since his days as a Golden Knights standout leading his team to the CIF finals.
On Saturday, that rise reached its zenith, as it became official that Bergman would be called up to the Colorado Rockies, getting the start on the mound in his Major League Baseball debut on Monday against the Atlanta Braves at Coors Field.
“Right...

The following are updates on local baseball players at the minor league level.
Ryan Sherriff (Glendale Community College, 2011) starting pitcher, Palm Beach Cardinals: Sherriff has been a constant staple in Palm Beach's rotation since joining the St. Louis Cardinals' class-A advanced affiliate in May. Sherriff, a left-hander who also played for the Glendale Angelenos briefly during its inaugural season in 2011 after helping Glendale college reach the state tournament for the first time in the program's...